Holder and tie



`A. H. EVA.

HOLDER AND T|E\ APPLlcATmN man Auem, 1920.

Patented July 5, 1921,

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TEXAS.

HOLDER AND TIE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1921.

Application led August 27, 1920. Serial No. 406,313.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ADDISON HAMILTON EVA, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders and Ties, of which the following is a specification.

y invention is an improvement in holders and ties, and has for its object to provide a holder for engagement by the laces of shoes, leggings, corsets. and the like, wherein a simple, inexpensive attachment is provided, which may be easily connected with the shoe, and with which the end of the lace may be engaged in such manner that it cannot become accidentally displaced.

In the drawings,

Figure l is a front view of the improved holder in place,

Fig, 2 is a similar end connected,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view looking from one side, Y

Fig. 4 is a vertical section.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the improved holder is shown in connection with two flaps l and 2 to be connected, the said flaps having eyelets 3, through which is passed the lace 4. The holder and tie are formed from a plate of sheet metal of suitable size, cut and bent to shape, the plate comprising a body or base 5, having one end overturned upon the base or body in spaced relation, as indicated at 6, and this overturned portion 6 has lateral extensions or flanges 7, which are bent toward the base or body, the bent over portion 6 being thus channel-shaped in cross section.

The iianges 7 are formed by reducing the plate between the body and the portion 6, thus forming a neck, the said neck being formed by deeply notching the plate, as shown at 8, at each side. At the opposite end, the plate has connected therewith an arc-shaped member or horn 9, which is of the same width as the plate approximately, and is connected thereto by a reduced neck 10. This horn 9 curves away from the overlying portion 6, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4:, and the free edge of the curved portion is spaced apart from the plate a sufficient distance to permit the lace to be in- Serted thereunder.

In use, the ties and holders are connected view showing the lace to one of the flaps, 2, by means of a metallic eyelet 11, which is passed through registering openings in the plate and in the flap, and upset at its ends to hold the parts together.

The holder is arranged on the flap at the end of the lace, being placed on either Hap, in the present instance on the flap 2. Where there are two ends to be connected, there may be two holders, one on each flap, or both ends of the lace may be engaged with one holder.

As shown in Fig. 2, the lace is passed through one of the notches 8, beneath the overlying portion 6 of the holder, and about the arc-shaped horn 9. The end of the lace is then passed across the body thereof, beneath the overlying portions 6, and out at the other notch.

The iianges 7 of the overlying portions are spaced apart at their free edges from the body of the plate just far enough to permit the lace to body of the plate, so that the lace cannot become disengaged.

I claim l. A device of the character specified, comprising a plate having a portion overlying the body thereof, and connected to the plate at one end by a reduced neck, the side edges of the overlying portion extending t0- ward the body of the plate, and a stop at that end of the plate remote from the neck for engagement by the lace, said stop being curved and having its convex face toward the overlying portion.

2. A device of the character specified, comprising a plate having a portion overlying the body thereof, and connected to the plate at one end by a reduced neck, the side edges of the overlying portion extending toward the body of the plate, and a stop at that end of the plate remote from the neck for engagement by the lace.

device of the character specified, comprising a plate having aV portion overlying the body thereof, and connected thereto at one end, and a horn having a reduced neck portion connected to that end of the plate remote from the connection of the overlying portion for engagement by a lace, the side edges of the overlying portion having flanges extending toward the body of the plate.

ADDISON HAMILTON EVA.

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